0. CSE 243: Introduction to Computer Architecture and Hardware/Software Interface
Recap the last class.

1. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
ALU is a purely combinatorial device:
It has no memory or internal storage.
It has 2 input vectors:
These may be called the A- and B-vector or the R- and S-vector
The inputs are as wide as the registers/system bus (e.g., 16, 32 bits)
It has 1 output vector
Usually denoted F

2. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) (contd..)
Sample functions performed by the ALU
F = A+B F = A+B+1
F = A-B F = A-B-1
F = A and B F = A or B
F = not A F = not B
F = not A + 1 F = not B + 1
F = (not A) and B F = A and (not B)
F = A xor B F = not (A xor B)
F = A F = B

3. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) (contd..)
ALU is basically a black-box
ALU
Add
XOR
Sub
control
lines A B
A, B Inputs
Output F
purely combinatorial logic(AND/OR/
NOT/NAND/NOR etc) inside the
--no registers
Carry in

4. Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) (contd..)
ALU connections to the bus Y
ALU A B
MUX
Constant 4
ALU must have only one input connection
from the bus.
The other input must be stored in a holding
register called Y register.
A multiplexer selects among register Y and 4
depending upon select line.
One operand of a two-operand instruction must be
placed into the Y register before the other operand
must be placed onto the bus.
Select
Control
lines
Carry-in
Processor bus

5. Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) (contd..)
ALU connections to the bus
Identical reasoning tells us that there must
be an output register Z which collects the
output of the ALU at the end of each cycle.
This way, there can be
--one operand in the Y register
--one operand ON THE BUS
--the result stored in the Z register Y
Constant 4
Select
MUX A B
Control
lines
ALU
Carry-in Z
Processor bus

6. Performing an arithmetic operation
Add the contents of registers R1 and R2 and place the result in R3.
That is: R3 = R1 + R2
1. Place the contents of register R1 into the Y register in the first clock cycle.
2. Place the contents of register R2 onto the bus in the second clock cycle. Both
inputs to the ALU are now valid. Select register Y, and assert the ALU command
F=A+B.
3. In the third clock cycle, Z register has latched the output of the ALU. Thus the
contents of the Z register can be copied into register R3.

7. Performing an arithmetic operation (contd..)
Instruction
Control
Signals Z
bus
Memory
Address
lines
MAR
Data
MDR PC
decoder and
control logic
Clock cycle 1:
R1out, Yin IR Y
Constant 4 R1 R 2
Select
MUX R 3
Add A B
Sub R n 1 - ( )
ALU
control
ALU
lines
Carry-in
XOR
TEMP

8. Performing an arithmetic operation (contd..)
Instruction
Control
Signals Z
bus
Memory
Address
lines
MAR
Data
MDR PC
decoder and
control logic
Clock cycle 2:
R2out, SelectY,
Add, Zin IR Y
Constant 4 R1 R 2
SelectY
MUX R 3
Add=1 A B
Sub R n 1 - ( )
ALU
control
ALU
lines
Carry-in
XOR
TEMP

9. Performing an arithmetic operation (contd..)
Instruction
Control
Signals Z
bus
Memory
Address
lines
MAR
Data
MDR PC
decoder and
control logic
Clock cycle 3:
Zout, R3in IR Y
Clock cycle 4:
R3 has the sum.
Constant 4 R1 R 2
SelectY
MUX R 3
Add A B
Sub R n 1 - ( )
ALU
control
ALU
lines
Carry-in
XOR
TEMP

10. Performing an arithmetic operation (contd..)
Clock Cycle 1:
R1out, Yin (Y=R1)
Clock Cycle 2:
R2out, SelectY, Add, Zin (Z = R1+R2)
Clock Cycle 3:
Zout, R3in (R3=Z)

11. Performing an arithmetic operation (contd..)
Inputs of the ALU:
Input B is tied to the bus.
Input A is tied to the output of the multiplexer.
Output of the ALU:
Tied to the input of the Z register.
Z register:
Input tied to the output of the ALU.
Output tied to the bus.
Unlike Riin, Zin loads data from the output of the ALU and not the bus.

12. Performing an arithmetic operation (contd..)
Events as seen by the system registers, bus, ALU over time.
cycle: controls active what the bus sees what Y has output of ALU
start of
1 R1out, Yin contents of R1 --unknown --unknown
end of
1 R1out, Yin contents of R1 R1 --unknown =
2 R2out, F=A+B contents of R2 R1 F=A+B=R1+R2
but this is not
valid yet
2 R2out, F=A+B,Zin contents of R2 R1 F=A+B=R1+R2
(now valid)
3 Zout,R3in contents of Z R1 --unknown
3 Zout, R3in contents of Z R1 --unknown (but R3 latches bus
contents)

13. ALU operations RC = RA op RB Clock cycle 1: Move RA to Y register.
RAout, Yin
Clock cycle 2:
Put RB on the bus, perform F = RA op RB, and transfer the result to Z.
RBout, (RA op RB)=1, SelectY, Zin
Clock cycle 3:
Put Z on the bus, and load Z into RC.
Zout, RCin

14. Fetching a word from memory
Processor has to specify the address of the memory location where this information is stored and request a Read operation.
Processor transfers the required address to MAR.
Output of MAR is connected to the address lines of the memory bus.
Processor uses the control lines of the memory bus to indicate that a Read operation is needed.
Requested information are received from the memory and are stored in MDR.
Transferred from MDR to other registers.

15. Fetching a word from memory (contd..)
Connections for register MDR
MDR
Memory-b us
data lines b
out
outE in
inE
MDRoutE and MDRinE control
connection to external bus.
MDRout and MDRin control
connection to internal bus.

16. Fetching a word from memory (contd..)
Timing of the internal processor operations must be coordinated with the response time of memory Read operations.
Processor completes one internal data transfer in one clock cycle.
Memory response time for a Read operation is variable and usually longer than one clock cycle.
Processor waits until it receives an indication that the requested Read has been completed.
Control signal (MFC) is used for this purpose.
MFC is set to 1 by the memory to indicate that the contents of the specified location have been read and are available on the data lines of the memory bus.

17. Fetching a word from memory (contd..)
MOVE (R1) R2
1. Load the contents of Register R1 into MAR.
2. Start a Read operation on the memory bus.
3. Wait for MFC response from the memory.
4. Load MDR from the memory bus.
5. Load the contents of MDR into Register R2.
Steps can be performed
separately, some may be
combined.
Steps 1 and 2 can be combined.
- Load R1 to MAR and activate Read control signal simultaneously.
Steps 3 and 4 can be combined.
- Activate control signal MDRinE while waiting for response from
the memory.
Last step loads the contents of MDR into Register R2.
Memory Read operation takes 3 steps.

18. Fetching a word from memory (contd..)
MOVE (R1) R2:
Memory operation takes 3 steps.
Step 1:
- Place R1 onto the internal processor bus.
- Load the contents of the bus into MAR.
- Activate the Read control signal.
- R1out, MARin, Read.
Step 2:
- Wait for MFC from the memory.
- Activate the control signal to load data from external bus to MDR.
- MDRinE, WMFC
Step 3:
- Place the contents of MDR onto the internal processor bus.
- Load the contents of the bus into Register R2.
- MDRoutI, R2in

19. Storing a word into memory
MOVE R2, (R1):
Memory operation takes 3 steps.
Step 1:
- Place R1 onto the internal processor bus.
- Load the contents of the bus into MAR.
- R1out, MARin, Write.
Step 2:
- Place R2 onto the internal processor bus.
- Load the contents of the internal processor bus into MDR.
- Activate Write operation.
R2out, MDRin, Write
Step 3:
- Place the contents of MDR into the external memory bus.
- Wait for the memory write operation to be complete.
- MDRoutE, WMFC

20. Execution of a complete instruction
Add the contents of a memory location pointed to by Register R3
to register R1.
ADD (R3) R1
To execute the instruction we must execute the following tasks:
1. Fetch the instruction.
2. Fetch the operand (contents of the memory location pointed to by R3.)
3. Perform the addition.
4. Load the result into R1.

21. Execution of a complete instruction
Task 1: Fetch the instruction
Recall that:
- PC holds the address of the memory location which has the next
instruction to be executed.
- IR holds the instruction currently being executed.
Step 1
- Load the contents of PC to MAR.
- Activate the Read control signal.
- Increment the contents of the PC by 4.
- PCout, MARin, Read, Select4, Add, Zin.
Step 2
- Update the contents of the PC.
- Copy the updated PC to Register Y (useful for Branch instructions).
- Wait for MFC from memory.
- Zout, PCin, Yin, WMFC
Step 3
- Place the contents of MDR onto the bus.
- Load the IR with the contents of the bus.
- MDRout, IRin

22. Execution of a complete instruction (contd..)
Task 2. Fetch the operand (contents of memory pointed to by R3.)
Task 3. Perform the addition.
Task 4. Load the result into R1.
Step 4: - Place the contents of Register R3 onto internal processor bus.
- Load the contents of the bus onto MAR.
- Activate the Read control signal.
- R3out, MARin, Read
Step 5: - Place the contents of R1 onto the bus.
- Load the contents of the bus into Register Y (Recall one operand in Y).
- Wait for MFC.
- R1out, Yin, WMFC
Step 6: - Load the contents of MDR onto the internal processor bus.
- Select Y, and perform the addition.
- Place the result in Z.
- MDRout, SelectY, Add, Zin.
Step 7: - Place the contents of Register Z onto the internal processor bus.
- Place the contents of the bus into Register R1.
- Zout, Rin

23. Execution of a complete instruction (contd..)
Step
Action 1 PC ,
MAR ,
Read,
Select4,
Add, Z
out in in 2 Z , PC , Y ,
WMF C
out in in 3
MDR , IR
out in 4 R3 ,
MAR ,
Read
out in 5 R1 , Y ,
WMF C
out in 6
MDR ,
SelectY,
Add, Z
out in 7 Z , R1 ,
End
out in

24. Branch instructions
Recall that the updated contents of the PC are copied into Register Y in Step 2.
Not necessary for ADD instruction, but useful in BRANCH instructions.:
Branch target address is computed by adding the updated contents of the PC to an offset.
Copying the updated contents of the PC to Register Y speeds up the execution of BRANCH instruction.
Since the Fetch cycle is the same for all instructions, this step is performed for all instructions.
Since Register Y is not used for any other purpose at that time it does not have any impact on the execution of the instruction.